Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-11-14
General News items.

Three thousand Italian troops, COM
.prSing the first section of the expedition
to Abyssinia, departed on the 3D. inst, for
4 MassOwah.
More railway track was laid in this
country from Jan. l, 1887, to November
l, than was ever laid in the same length
of time in this country.
The Brooklyn police have as yet found
no clew to the miscreant who sent an in
fernal machine to Mr.. Wechslers house
and injured his wife and son.
The loss of the steamer vernon" and
fifty lives is now declared to be due to the
drunkenness of the captain. This is the
statement of the sole survivor.
| 1t is virtually settled that the Rev.
Charles A. Berry of Wolverhampton,
| church, Brooklyn, n. y, as its pastor.
Professor Cushman, who has charge of
government exploring expedition in
southern Arizona, has unearthed a
whole city there and exhumed 1000 skel-
etons.
An engine exploded near Mack Berry,
Cal, on Sunday night, the Both ult., kill
ing the engineer fireman and brakeman.
Their bodies were found 300 feet from
the track.
During the last five months there were
), 432 cases of smallpox in Havana, 1872
per cent of which were fatal. OF those
who died from the disease 434 were white
and 245 colored.
Mr.. O'Brien has formally notified the
governor of the Jail where he is confined
in cell 8xG, that he will not wear the
prison garb, associate with criminals nor
perform mental labor.
1t is rumored that several wealthy news
papers are considering the ACCESSIBILITY of
purchasing the United Lines Telegraph
plant and extending its scope in Opposi-
ton to the Western Union.
1t is reported that the rebelious Crow
Indians have driven the troops into a cor
ner and threaten their destruction. Sit
ting Bull, with 5000 Sioux, is understood
to be in league with the Crows.
The safe in the Grand Trunk railway
station at Montreal was opened by false
key recently and the receipts from the
western division and Rouses Point, sup
posed to amount to 81 800, carried OFF.
The California Central railroad depot
at Los Angeles, Cal. was burned recent
ly together with twenty freight cars,
loaded with various classes of goods, four
Pullman and several passenger coaches.
Loss about $500, 900.
The people of Maine are excited over
the discovery of a Mormon emissary who
has been quietly pursuing his calling in
that state for several years, having in the
meantime sent nearly one hundred women
and several men to Utah.
The Scotch yacht Thistle, Capt. Barr,
which left New York Oct. IA, arrived at
Greencock on No. l. Her best run for
twenty-four hours was 258 miles, and the
smallest run was seventy-fve miles. The
cutter made good voyage and behaved
well during the trip.
J. Z Smith, the express messenger, |
who recently killed two train robbers |
lCdl Ii doOs vas ptlih so--ODp vi bllc -olI i
ult, by order of Governor Ross a. a re-
ward for his act. Smith will probably |
get $1,000 more from the express com
pany and $1,000 from the railroad com
pany.
Pains Last Days of Pompeii'' closed
its season on the night of the Both ult, at
st. Louis, with a fatal accident. Two
thousand persons watched the Aeronaut,
Antonio Infantes, ascend 500 feet in a
balloon; then saw the balloon collapse
and Antonio fall with terrific velocity He
struck upon an iron rod from which rock
cts were fired and death was instant.
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